yesterday's fish and chips

noun

Old news.

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Meanings

nounyesterday's fish and chips (uncountable)
  1. colloquialuncountableOld news.

    However there was no way that this story was ever going to become “yesterday's fish and chips”. It just went on and on.

    2009, Steve Morris, In All Probability, page 74
    1 more example

    To begin with it has a powerful aroma of yesterday's fish and chips. The school was held well over four and one-half years ago […]

    1975, JBIS: Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Origin

Referring to the use of newspaper to wrap fish and chips.

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APA

yesterday's fish and chips. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yesterday's%20fish%20and%20chips

MLA

“yesterday's fish and chips.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yesterday's%20fish%20and%20chips. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yesterday's fish and chips,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yesterday's%20fish%20and%20chips.

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